GREECE OLYMPICS SOCHI FLAME LIGHTING Credit: Getty Images OLYMPIA, GREECE - SEPTEMBER 29: First torchbearer Yiannis Antoniou relays the flame to second torchbearer Alexander Ovechkin of Russia outside the Pierre de Coubertin monument during the torch relay September 29, 2013 in Olympia, Greece. After the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia, in west southern Greece, the torch will the be relayed to the Russian resort of Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics on…

GREECE OLYMPICS SOCHI FLAME LIGHTING Credit: Getty Images OLYMPIA, GREECE - SEPTEMBER 29: Second torchbearer Alexander Ovechkin of Russia leaves the Pierre de Coubertin monument during the torch relay September 29, 2013 in Olympia, Greece. After the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia, in west southern Greece, the torch will the be relayed to the Russian resort of Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics on February, 2014 (Photo by Dimitri Messinis-Pool/Getty Images)

LIGHTING CEREMONY OF THE OLYMPIC FLAME Credit: Getty Images OLYMPIA, GREECE - SEPTEMBER 29: Second torchbearer Alexander Ovechkin of Russia, left, professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Washington Capitals with IOC President Thomas Bachl at Ancient Olympia during the lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games at Ancient Olympia on September 29, 2013 in Olympia, Greece. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)